Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)
Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)
Tuesday, January 16, 2277
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 15 Jan · 8:05 PM
- Tue · 16 Jan · 9:15 PM
- Tue · 16 Jan · 9:15 PM
- Mon
- 15 Jan
- 8:05 PM
- Tue
- 16 Jan
- 9:15 PM
- Tue
- 16 Jan
- 9:15 PM
The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Tue · 16 Jan · 6:44 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 17 Jan · 6:45 AM – 9:37 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 16 Jan
- 6:44 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 17 Jan
- 6:45 AM – 9:37 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Monday, 15 January 2277
Eat a single light sattvic meal before sunset. Avoid heavy grains, lentils, or eating late at night. Take a holy bath and resolve for the fast.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Tuesday, January 16, 2277 · Begins 6:44 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Wednesday, 17 January 2277 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:45 AM – 9:37 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
3:20 PM – 4:46 PM
9:36 AM – 11:02 AM
12:04 PM – 12:52 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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